Post-Draft Teams: Notre Dame (WCHA); Fort
Worth (CHL); Oklahoma City, Indianapolis (CHL)NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORSCHL Adams Cup: 1978 (Fort Worth)WHA Draft Pick: 1975 (by
Calgary, No. 37 overall in Round 3)1977-78: Played on CHL
regular-season champion (Fort Worth).Miscellaneous: Missed seven
games in 1975-76 due to injuries. ... Scored in overtime for Fort Worth to
force Game 7 in 1978 Adams Cup finals. ... Was honor student in finance at
Notre Dame with B-plus average. Left school after his junior year but
completed degree in the summer of 1978. ... Turned to fundamentalist
Christianity after his retirement, serving as a minister to many hockey
players as a leading figure in Hockey Ministries International.
Personal: Full name is Joseph Alexander Pirus.

HOW HE GOT AWAY

RIGHTS SOLD/TRADE: Minnesota sold Pirus'
rights to Detroit on January 3, 1980. Minnesota bought his rights back from
Detroit on June 6, 1980. Minnesota lost Pirus again when it traded him to N.Y.
Islanders in exchange for future considerations on July 4, 1980.

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